Bracket-stand for slot or other machines.



No. 772,744. PATENTED 0UT.-l8, 1904. Q

J. E. PACKARD.

- BRACKET STAND FOB. SLOT OR OTHER MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented. October 18, 1904 PATENT OFFIC BRACKET-STAND FOR SLOT OR OTHER MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,744, dated October '18, 1904.

Application'filed August 3, 1903.

new and useful Improvement in Bracket-- Stands for Slot or other'Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in bracket-stands for slot andpther machines, the stand adapted to be permanently secured to-a part of a house or a building of any kind convenient of access or to be fastened to a suitable support near a thoroughfare easy of access, the bracket arranged to cooperate with a casing containing the mechanism of a slot or other machine and with the stand, whereby the bracket can be readily removed from the stand, the casing quickly removed from the bracket, or both casing and bracket conven:

iently taken from the stand upon a support outside of a house or building and deposited panying drawings, to the figures, and refer-' ence numerals, letters, andcharacters marked thereon.

The invention consists, essentially, in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully described in the specification, shown upon the drawings appended hereto, and specifically pointed.out in the claims made a part hereof. I attain the objects by the construction and arrangement of the parts illustrated upon the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the casing of-aslot or other machine, the bracket and stand connected together. Fig. 2 is a View, partly in elevation and partly in section, of the casing, bracket, and stand. Fig. 3 is a View in perspective ofthe bracket disconnected from the casing and stand. Fig. A is a perspective view of the stand separated from the bracket and the casing. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the casing, bracket, and stand on the line a a of Fig. 2; and Fig. 6 is a per- Qerial No. 168,033. (No model.)

spective view of parts of the bracket and stand connected together, enlarged.

Similar reference numerals, letters, and characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The bracket-stand consists of two parts, the stand A and the bracket B, and the stand is rectangular in shape, comprising two side pieces 1 1, a cross-brace 2, and shelf 3, the former riveted near the lower ends of the side pieces 1 1, and is provided with perforations 5 5, and the latter, the shelf 3, also having perforations 6 6, is riveted to the inner faces of theinside flanges 8 8 of the said side pieces 1 1, near the upper ends thereof.

The shelf 3 acts as a brace for the upper ends of the two sidepieces 1 1 as the brace 2 does for the lower ends of the said side pieces. Its chief purpose, however, is to form a rest or support for the rear edge of the casing C when in position upon the bracket B, and the bracket either in place upon the stand A-or removed therefrom. The said inside flanges 8.8 serve to strengthen the upper portions of the side pieces 1 1, somewhat weakened by the bayonetjoint slots 10 10, formed in'the upper ends of the outside flanges 9 9, made apart of the side side pieces 12 12am connected by a crossbrace 19, secured in like manner to the said side pieces as the cross-brace 13, and said brace 19 is provided with; perforations 17 17, through which screws pass, as well as through the perforations 1414:, when it is desirable to fasten the bracket B to the inside wall of a house or building in order to suspend the easing C therefrom. Inwardly-projecting pins 25 25 are fixed to the lower ends of theside pieces 12 12 of the bracket, adapted to be inserted into the bayonet-joint slots 1010 of the stand A, and serve to removably connect the bracket to the stand. The head 20 joins together the two side pieces 12 12 of the bracket B and is preferably made integral therewith. The head may, however, be made of a separate piece from the two side pieces and connected therewith by means of rivets. The hasp 21 is riveted centrally to the head 20 and is provided with a perforation in the upper projecting end thereof, which passes through a slot 31 in the rear edge of the cover 33 of the casing C.

A padlock 23 secures the casing C to the bracket B.

The casing C is provided with flanges, preferabl y made integral therewith, forming ways 27 27, (shown upon Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings,) in which the side pieces of the stand and the side pieces of the bracket slide, as well as the head 20 of the bracket, in order to secure the hasp 21 in the slot 31 of the cover 33 of the casing.

The offsets 15 15 of the braces 13 13 and 19 19 permit the ways 27 27 of the casing C to pass behind the side pieces 12 12 of the bracket B when supported upon the wall inside a house or building. I may sell an extra bracket B with every machine disposed of to be placed upon the wall inside the house or building, upon which the casing alone is supported when removed from the stand and bracket on the outside of the house or building.

It may be at times desirable to remove the casing G and the bracket B together to the inside of the house or building and support the same upon a table or upon the floor and permit the stand A alone to remain outside of the house or building.

It is obvious that many variations and changes in the details of construction and arrangement of my invention would readily suggest themselves to persons skilled in the art and still be within the spirit and scope of my invention.

I do not desire to confine this invention to the specific construction, combination, and arrangement of parts herein shown and described, and the right is reserved to make all changes in and modifications of the same as come within the spirit of this invention; but I do desire to secure as my invention all features of construction and equivalents thereof that come within the scope of my improvement as herein shown and described, and illustrated upon the drawings appended thereto.

Having described my invention, what 1 do claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. Bracket-stands for supporting a machine, comprising a stand, devices for removably securing the stand to a support, a bracket having perforated braces provided with offsets,means for removably securing the bracket to the stand and to the casing and a casing removably secured to said bracket.

2. Bracket-stands for supporting a casing,

a stand, means for removably securing the stand to a support, a bracket provided with perforated braces having offsets near each end thereof, the said bracket removably secured to the stand, a casing, devices for fastening the casing removabl y to the bracket and means for remoinibly securing the casing and the bracket to the stand.

3. Bracket-stands for casings for slot-machines, comprising a stand, devices for fastening the stand to a support, the bracket provided with side pieces, said side pieces connected by means of perforated braces, said braces having oflsets at each end thereof, means for removably securing the bracket to the stand, locking devices for fastening the casing'to the bracket and for removably securing the bracket and the casing to the stand.

1. A bracket-stand for supporting a casing, comprising a stand having flanged side pieces provided with bayonet-slots therein, perforated cross-braces and a shelf connecting the side pieces, a bracket having side pieces provided with inwardly-projecting pins adapted to be inserted in said slots, perforated crossbraces connecting said side pieces of the bracket, a casing having ways thereon and locking devices for securing the casing to the bracket.

5. In bracket-stands for a casing containing mechanism, comprising a stand, devices for securing the stand to a. support, the stand having a brace, a shelf and a series of slots formed therein, an adjustable bracket provided with braces, a perforated hasp and a series of pins, a casing provided with ways and a slot in the cover or top thereof and means for locking the casing to the bracket and permanently securing the case and bracket to the stand.

6. A stand for slot and other machines having strengthening-lianges and cross-braces and provided with means for fastening the stand to a support, the flanges having a series of slots therein, a bracket provided with a series of pins secured thereto for adjustably and removably securing the bracket to the stand, the said bracket provided with a hasp secured thereto, a casing having a slot in the cover or top thereof and means for removably securing the casing to the bracket and stand.

7. A bracket-stand for supporting a casing, comprising a stand having vertical side pieces provided with slots therein, perforated crossbraces and a shelf connecting the side pieces, a bracket provided with side pieces and having inwardly-projecting pins and perforated cross-braces, a casing, means for removably securing the casing to the bracket and for removably attaching the bracket and the casing to the stand.

8. A bracket-stand, comprising a stand having vertical side pieces provided with slots therein, perforated cross-braces and a shelf connecting said pieces, a bracket having side In testimony whereof I have signed my pleces and perforated braces connecting sald name tOthlS speclfication 1n the presence of s1de pieces, the side pieces of the bracket protwo subscriblng wltnesses.

vided with inwardly-projecting pins adapted JOHN E. PACKARD. 5 to be removably secured in the slots of the Witnesses: v

side pieces of'the stand and a casing remov- I B. R. JONES,

ably secured to the bracket and the stand. K. E. ROGERS. 

